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*[[Aortic valve]] is unable to open wide enough. | *[[Aortic valve]] is unable to open wide enough. | ||
*Chemical exposure | |||
*[[Coarctation]] or complete interruption of the aorta | |||
*[[Ebstein's anomaly]] | |||
*Genetic and chromosomal syndromes, such as: | |||
**[[Down syndrome]] | |||
**[[Trisomy 13]] | |||
**[[Turner syndrome]] | |||
**[[Marfan syndrome]] | |||
**[[Noonan syndrome]] | |||
*[[Hypoplastic left heart syndrome]] | |||
*Infections (such as [[rubella]]) during pregnancy | |||
*Medications prescribed by your doctor or bought on your own and used during pregnancy | |||
*Poorly controlled blood sugar levels in women who have [[diabetes]] during pregnancy | |||
*[[Pulmonary valve]] may be absent or unable to open wide enough. | *[[Pulmonary valve]] may be absent or unable to open wide enough. | ||
*Street drugs used during pregnancy | |||
*[[Tetralogy of Fallot]] | |||
*[[Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection]] | |||
*[[Transposition of the great arteries]] | |||
*[[Tricuspid valve]] may be absent or unable to open wide enough. | *[[Tricuspid valve]] may be absent or unable to open wide enough. | ||
*[[Truncus arteriosus]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 2 August 2012
For patient information, click Cyanotic congenital heart disease
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D.
Overview
Cyanotic heart defects are called such because they result in cyanosis, a bluish-grey discoloration of the skin due to a lack of oxygen in the body.
Pathophysiology
Associated Conditions
Some of the defects that are associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease are as follows:
- Truncus arteriosus,
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Tricuspid atresia
Causes
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Aortic valve is unable to open wide enough.
- Chemical exposure
- Coarctation or complete interruption of the aorta
- Ebstein's anomaly
- Genetic and chromosomal syndromes, such as:
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Infections (such as rubella) during pregnancy
- Medications prescribed by your doctor or bought on your own and used during pregnancy
- Poorly controlled blood sugar levels in women who have diabetes during pregnancy
- Pulmonary valve may be absent or unable to open wide enough.
- Street drugs used during pregnancy
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tricuspid valve may be absent or unable to open wide enough.
- Truncus arteriosus
References